Boku no Pico

Boku no Pico
Cover of the Boku no Pico DVD
ぼくのぴこ (Boku no Piko)
Genre	Shotacon Hentai
Original video animation
Directed by	Katsuyoshi Yatabe
Produced by	Seiji Kaneko
Written by	Katsuhiko Takayama
Music by	Ashimagi Ora
Studio	Natural High (production) Sugar Boy (animation) Blue Cat (animation)
Released	September 7, 2006
Runtime	33 minutes
Original video animation
Pico & Chico
Directed by	Katsuyoshi Yatabe
Produced by	Seiji Kaneko
Written by	Katsuhiko Takayama
Music by	Shinobu
Studio	Natural High (production) Sugar Boy (animation) Blue Cat (animation)
Released	April 19, 2007
Runtime	38 minutes
Original video animation
Pico: My Little Summer Story
Directed by	Katsuyoshi Yatabe
Produced by	Seiji Kaneko
Written by	Katsuhiko Takayama
Music by	Ashiragi Ora
Studio	Natural High (production) Sugar Boy (animation) Blue Cat (animation)
Released	November 11, 2007
Runtime	30 minutes
Original video animation
Pico & CoCo & Chico
Directed by	Katsuyoshi Yatabe
Produced by	Seiji Kaneko
Written by	Katsuhiko Takayama
Music by	T2
Studio	Natural High (production) Sugar Boy (animation) Blue Cat (animation)
Released	October 9, 2008
Runtime	35 minutes

Boku no Pico (Japanese: ぼくのぴこ, Hepburn: Boku no Piko; lit. 'My Pico') is a Japanese original video animation (OVA) hentai series produced by Natural High. Described as "the world's first shotacon anime" by its producer, it was primarily marketed to a male audience.^[1] The series consists of three episodes and a version of the first episode edited for content, and later spawned a one-shot manga, a computer game, and a music video album.

Boku no Pico follows a young man named Tamotsu, or "Mokkun", who befriends Pico, a lonely, effeminate boy, leading to the two of them engaging in a sexual relationship.

As the story begans, Tamotsu, a young man who usually skips work, later heads to the seaside park. While browsing the ocean with a pair of coin-operated binoculars, which are often found in tourist spots, he spots a naked girl swimming. He gasps and stares at her, but the binoculars time out. He hurriedly puts a coin in it, but the girl disappeared from the ocean.

Tamotsu heads to a familiar coffee shop, Bebe. To his surprise, the girl he saw at the seaside park appears at the back of the shop. The owner tells Tamotsu that she is his granddaughter, Pico Onedari, who came from the countryside for a summer vacation and is helping out at the coffee shop throughout the time. Although she is a shy girl, she asks if he would like to play with her. Thus, Tamotsu goes to the park with Pico. He is drawn to her cuteness, but it is only then that he realizes that Pico is a just boy. However, Tamotsu does not seem to mind, triggering a dangerous sexual relationship between the two of them.

Pico

Pico (ぴこ, Piko)

Voiced by: Hikaru Ikeda

A blonde-haired boy who works a summer part-time job at his grandfather's bar. He is often portrayed swimming, usually naked or in a blue Speedo. He has worn girls' clothes ever since Tamotsu (Mokkun) gave some to him as a gift. Later, feeling hurt that Tamotsu would not define their relationship, he rebels by cutting his hair and running away from home, although later on they reconcile. The following summer, Pico meets Chico, who is swimming naked in a stream, while riding his bike. He soon becomes friends with Chico, who calls him "Oniichan" (big brother), and they form a romantic and sexual relationship. In his relationships with both Mokkun and Chico, he is the uke, though in the latter relationship this is somewhat reversible.

Tamotsu

Tamotsu (タモツ), also known as Mokkun, is a white-collar worker and regular at Bebe.^[2] He seduces Pico after mistaking him for a young girl, but continues the relationship after discovering Pico is in fact male. He later buys Pico a girl's outfit and locker room, complete with a ruby choker and panties, which he persuades Pico to wear despite his initial protests. He views Pico solely as a sexual object, though later shows true concern for Pico after he disappears. Although he eventually reconciles with Pico, he is absent in the second and third OVAs. In his relationship with Pico, he is the seme.

Chico

Chico (ちこ, Chiko)

Voiced by: Mai Akizuki

A brunette boy who lives with his older sister in a large house in a secluded forest area and develops a sexual relationship with Pico in the second episode. He is younger and less sexually experienced than Pico. He often plays in the outdoors nude and secretly watches Oneesan masturbate. In most cases, Chico is the seme, despite his age, though his relationship with Pico is somewhat reversible.

CoCo

Coco (ここ, Koko) is a feminine-looking boy with long, black hair whom Pico and Chico meet in the third episode. It is subtly implied that Coco is actually a so-called "city fairy", due to some strange minor occurrences in his vicinity, though this is never explicitly confirmed. Coco soon has sexual relationships with both Pico and Chico. After inadvertently causing some friction in their relationship, Coco decides to distance himself from Pico and Chico, though they do reunite with him at Tokyo Tower and end up having a threesome. He is also the main uke of the three, but this can be reversed.

Ojiisan

Ojiisan (おじいさん) is Pico's grandfather who runs a large but usually empty bar by the beach named Bebe. When Tamotsu visits him for the summer, he has Pico help out as waiter, which involves wearing a frilly pink apron. He introduces Pico to Tamotsu and suggests they spend time together.

Oneesan

Oneesan (お姉さん) is Chico's older sister and legal guardian. Perhaps because of her caring for Chico, and her isolated home in the countryside, she appears sexually frustrated and masturbates regularly. After being caught masturbating by the boys through a crack in her bedroom ceiling, she becomes the indirect cause of their experimentation. She has a large collection of cosplay outfits and sex toys that Pico and Chico use without her permission. She later fondles herself away from the boys when she finds them sexually engaged upon returning home from the grocery store.

One of main illustrators, as well as manga artist in Boku no Pico as a staff member was Saigado; Saigado was an active doujinshi artist after the early debut commercial. In 2004, he published his own doujinshi which is titled as "Shota-nize: Project to Turn Female Characters into Boys". This will then led to him working the characters for the OVA "Series Pico".^[5] There are quite bunch of the other Japanese staff members. The Japanese Boku no Pico staff members, incorporating Katsuyoshi Yatabe, a figure whose notably known as a staff director for Boku no Pico, a screenplay by Katsuhiko Takayama, musics were created by Shinobu and others musician to include were Seiji Katsu and Masamichi Kaneko, character designer and a animation director was Yoshiten, although the illustrator was Saigado, he works for the illustrations of the character designs. Lastly a staff producer and a sound director is Seiji Kaneko.^[6]

Others Japanese staff members was Dr.T, one of staff member who is known as a music director and a sound designer, and a production producer is Takeshi Aoki. The video editing in the Boku no Pico series was Ryō Nakajima.^[6]

Three original video animations have been released. All three were directed by Katsuyoshi Yatabe and produced by Natural High. The first, My Pico, was released to DVD by Soft on Demand on September 7, 2006. The second, Pico & Chico, followed on April 16, 2007.^[3] The third episode, Pico & CoCo & Chico, was released on October 9, 2008.^[4]

A box set containing the first two episodes and the soundtrack CD was released by Soft on Demand on April 19, 2007.^[7] On November 11, 2007, the first OVA was re-edited with a different script and re-released under the title Pico: My Little Summer Story. The edited version is the only one of the series to be considered appropriate for viewers under 18.^[8]

A oneshot manga, Ame no Hi no Pico to Chico (雨の日のぴことちこ, lit. A Day of Rain for Pico and Chico), was written by Aoi Madoka and published in the May 2007 issue of Hanaota.^[9]

On April 6, 2008, producer GOLDENBOY (金子政路, Kaneko Seiji)^[10] confirmed on their blog that a PC game, Pico to Chico — Shota Idol no Oshigoto (ぴことちこ ショタアイドルのオシゴト, Pikotochiko shotaaidoru no oshigoto), starring Pico and Chico, was being produced.^[11] The game, an eroge featuring many erotic depictions of the two characters, was released by Tinkorbell (てぃんこーべる, Tinkōberu) on October 15, 2010. The game was available for download for Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7, alongside a physical DVD version. While the official Tinkorbell website is now only accessible through archives, the game can still be purchased via several other active Japanese websites.^[12]

A music video album, Boku no Pico PV Song Collection: Boku, Otoko no Ko dayo (ぼくのぴこ PV Song Collection: 〜ぼく、男の子だよ〜; lit. 'My Pico PV Song Collection: I'm a Boy'), was released in Japan on July 9, 2009, as a DVD set. It has a 30-minute runtime and includes more than 8 music videos starring the characters from the OVAs. It also includes a karaoke option for each video.^[13]

Boku no Pico was an unusual hit for an adult OVA, with the first work in the series selling over 10,000 copies, placing it at the top of Amazon's adult category in the second week of September 2006.^[14] Boku no Pico's OVA producer, Seiji Kaneko, was given the Soft on Demand Special Award in the 2006 5th Annual SOD AV Awards following its release.^[15] Unauthorized English subtitled versions of Boku no Pico's first OVA episode appeared on the web shortly after its release, which were quickly downloaded over 100,000 times. The foreign interest in Boku no Pico led to plans to officially release it overseas, but those plans never materialized.^[16]

The animation of Boku no Pico is considered controversial because it contains elements of pornography, homosexuality, and pedophilia.^[17][18][19] According to IMDb, the anime is banned in various countries ^[20]

In 2024, a Mass murder case occurred against a family in East Kalimantan, Indonesia, carried out by a 16-year-old teenager. All family members were slaughtered by the perpetrator using a machete. After killing them, the perpetrator then raped the corpse of the victim's daughter. According to the police force who managed to arrest the perpetrator, the motive for the murder was due to the victim's family's rejection of his love for their daughter.^[21] According to local media investigations, the killer was a Japanophile who had a hobby of reading and watching hentai, including Boku no Pico, which perhaps influenced his psychology.^[22][23]

• Official site (in Japanese)
• Boku no Pico (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia